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NEWT GINGRICH SOUTH CAROLINA DEBATE 390x (GETTY) ADVOCATE.COMNewt Gingrich has been accused of hypocrisy on family values by some gay rights leaders in reaction to his ex-wife’s new accusation that he asked for an open marriage before divorcing her.

The Daily Beast provides a recap of the emergence of transgender issues in popular culture.

Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan says his endorsement of same-sex marriage hasn’t caused any awkwardness between him and the president, who doesn’t support marriage equality.

In a strange dig at Mitt Romney and President Obama, presidential
candidate Rick Santorum loudly whispered into a microphone to
demonstrate how he walked the walk when it came to fighting gay
marriage.

Marriage equality in Washington gets another yes vote in the state Senate and support from corporations including Microsoft and Nike.

Older gay men could avoid mental health complications by being married,
according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health.

Samantha Bremmer, a student at Mill Creek Middle School in Dexter, MI, is promoting anti-bullying among her classmates by sticking Post-Its with uplifting hand-written messages on their lockers.

Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper tells The Advocate about witnessing the changing mainstream reaction
to queer movies, notable gay films to seek out at this
year’s festival, and how Robert Redford supports LGBT cinema.

Following in the footsteps of Maryland and, recently, Indiana, South Carolina will offer pro–LGBT equality license plates.

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